Table 1.

Correlation of baseline characteristics and health care utilization in the multicenter cohort of children with SCD who underwent PSG

All (N = 210)ED visits, r (P value)Hospital admissions, r (P value)All encounters, r (P value)
Age, mean (SEM), y 9.7 (0.3) 0.28 (<.0001) 0.38 (<.0001) 0.35 (<.0001) 
Sex, males (%) 102 (49) 0.03 (.66) 0.04 (.49) 0.04 (.57) 
Genotype     
SS + Sβ0 vs SC + Sβ+, n (%) 169 (80) vs 41 (20) 0.14 (<.05) 0.18 (<.05) 0.17 (<.05) 
Hb, mean (SEM) 8.7 (0.1) –0.15 (<.05) –0.22 (<.01) –0.20 (<.01) 
MCV, mean (SEM) 86.1 (1.0) 0.08 (.29) 0.13 (.11) 0.11 (.17) 
Hydroxyurea use (%) 132 (63) 0.10 (.07) 0.13 (<.01) 0.17 (<.05) 
All (N = 210)ED visits, r (P value)Hospital admissions, r (P value)All encounters, r (P value)
Age, mean (SEM), y 9.7 (0.3) 0.28 (<.0001) 0.38 (<.0001) 0.35 (<.0001) 
Sex, males (%) 102 (49) 0.03 (.66) 0.04 (.49) 0.04 (.57) 
Genotype     
SS + Sβ0 vs SC + Sβ+, n (%) 169 (80) vs 41 (20) 0.14 (<.05) 0.18 (<.05) 0.17 (<.05) 
Hb, mean (SEM) 8.7 (0.1) –0.15 (<.05) –0.22 (<.01) –0.20 (<.01) 
MCV, mean (SEM) 86.1 (1.0) 0.08 (.29) 0.13 (.11) 0.11 (.17) 
Hydroxyurea use (%) 132 (63) 0.10 (.07) 0.13 (<.01) 0.17 (<.05) 

MCV, mean corpuscular volume; SEM, standard error of the mean.

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